tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post110837596818278858..comments2019-09-13T00:13:41.558-04:00Comments on Snow White and the Asian Pear: Sulwhasoo Perfecting Cushion #13 Review & SwatchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-76410127178507406592017-04-21T19:50:24.616-04:002017-04-21T19:50:24.616-04:00I have only tried the Intense, and 13 is a good ma...I have only tried the Intense, and 13 is a good match for me. Do you know if the cases are the same size? I am thinking of getting a refill of the Perfecting to try it, but I am hoping it would fit into the case from the Intense. For some reason there are not separate refills available of the Intense, at least not yet.Lesley A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07582533498733591476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-34224888384935382662016-09-01T13:31:27.899-04:002016-09-01T13:31:27.899-04:00i totally agree, I have the same issues with under...i totally agree, I have the same issues with undertones, cool looks pink and warm looks orange. Sounds like you belong to the pale olive crowd :) there&#39;s some nice reddit posts about this that may help!Raeanne Theisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001175779266352027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-78814405728885407602016-08-30T04:56:11.102-04:002016-08-30T04:56:11.102-04:00amazing content , yes u r right, I m also like to ...amazing content , yes u r right, I m also like to seeing cushion reviews because like you said - there aren&#39;t that many available! UK beauty bloggers have a lot of catching up to do. thanks for your thinking.<br />Sajnex Samaddarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184480834733753424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-22364591405755583202016-08-21T23:43:04.532-04:002016-08-21T23:43:04.532-04:00Ugh, undertones. I am going to save you the explan...Ugh, undertones. I am going to save you the explanation of my own special hell that is finding a foundation match and just skip to the things I have discovered. <br />1) Yes oxidation is real, it can happen on your face throughout the day AND it can happen halfway through a bottle/tube/whatever which is also frustrating af. <br />2a) you might actually have neutral undertones like someone suggested above OR (since it sounds like you are more of a warm).<br />2b) The interpretation of what is &quot;warm&quot; &quot;neutral&quot; or &quot;cool&quot; is very much brand (and sometime product line) specific. I find that a lot of &quot;neutral&quot; tones end up being more warm/yellow (even in brands that have all 3 options, which a lot only have options for warm or cool). So if you go for a warm and its looking orange, maybe a &quot;neutral&quot; in that same brand would actually be the perfect amount of warm for you. <br />I still have to mix my own colors out of “oh this is the right tone but too dark or light” with “oh this is the right shade but the tone is beyond wrong” at the moment, but maybe I’ll find a match that doesn’t oxidize one day … <br />virtualambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003759702134705595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-78005953161113525992016-08-20T13:48:23.882-04:002016-08-20T13:48:23.882-04:00I think #13 and #17 are good matches for an NC15-2...I think #13 and #17 are good matches for an NC15-20 for sure. You also noticed the oxidization, eh? I am annoyed with myself for not realizing it before, but I just assumed it was the bathroom lightning OTLCat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-91184916834927670722016-08-20T13:46:39.701-04:002016-08-20T13:46:39.701-04:00I think the kbeauty boom is definitely encouraging...I think the kbeauty boom is definitely encouraging Korean brands to start thinking outside the country in terms of shade options! Innisfree has also launched more shades, iirc. I love the look of the Whoo cushions (how could I not) but they don&#39;t have anything in my shade range ... yet. *crosses fingers*<br /><br />I feel you on being blind without my glasses; I can use the tiny mirror on the cushion case lid but that doesn&#39;t help with making sure everything is blended evenly all over, sigh.Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-41173086894491509862016-08-18T19:54:50.365-04:002016-08-18T19:54:50.365-04:00Yeah, come to think of it the #17 is actually more...Yeah, come to think of it the #17 is actually more beige than yellow/orange. Maybe it&#39;s a neutral undertoned one? That&#39;s probably another reason it&#39;s more easy to work with. <br /><br />My goldilocks cushion was the original version of the Lalavesi Akma Cushion F/W in Y1. I saved up money to buy a replacement (they&#39;re not that expensive, I just have little income currently), and it is...different. I think they reformulated it, and it is less dewy and moisturizing, and lighter in color, and I am seriously bummed that companies cannot just leave well enough alone. It&#39;s still fine, but not ~*perfect*~ the way the other one was. Espoir&#39;s Nude Cushion in porcelain is another light shade cushion with neutral undertones. <br /><br />Green primers do indeed cancel out redness, but I&#39;ve had mixed results with them. The one that works best for me is Etude House&#39;s green Magic Any Cushion, applied sparingly. I have to be careful because green primers cancel out the red so strongly that it&#39;s very easy for me to end up looking washed out and colorless. Since I have red cheeks to begin with, it feels like too much work for daily makeup to negate all the redness only to have to use blusher to add it back in. My favorite color correcting primer is Clio&#39;s VF21 color correcting primer--the lemon meringue shade, which is a pastel not strong yellow--but it&#39;s out of production now whyyyyyy. I swear, half the work of creating a skincare and makeup routine is constantly searching for a replacement for the great stuff that actually works but gets discontinued. :(Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574613265955035061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-68002620963112089092016-08-17T23:43:20.125-04:002016-08-17T23:43:20.125-04:00I wear shade 13 in perfecting, and 17 in brighteni...I wear shade 13 in perfecting, and 17 in brightening. I feel like both match my skin tone. I&#39;m neutral on face, warm on the rest of my body. <br />Shade 13 is a tad too light going on, but after an hour or so i think it match quite well. Shade 17 match me better, but I prefer the formula of perfecting cushion (which sadly doesn&#39;t come in 17) <br />Used to be NC20, but i feel like all the sun screen usage has made me lighter than that right now.<br /><br />Other shade I&#39;ve tried is laneige shade 21, and it was obviously too dark for me.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924385185206226714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-28003387482717803322016-08-17T19:32:50.038-04:002016-08-17T19:32:50.038-04:00I have the Evenfair Perfecting refill in #25 and I...I have the Evenfair Perfecting refill in #25 and I love the finish. Since I&#39;m trying to do a &quot;cushion comparison&quot; for oily/combination - acne prone skintypes picked this one, the Cover powder from Mamonde, the Long wear cover from Innisfree and the brightening from H. of Whoo (which is more suitable for cold-dry climate) I swatched all these and I believe 25 is my perfect tone even is more yellow than I&#39;d like, because 23 always makes me look a little pale, but sadly Korean Brands don&#39;t make many tones...I wonder if they don&#39;t think in overseas customers.<br /><br />Annnnd, I have the same issue with the bathroom light...or with any artifficial light. That&#39;s why I now take all the photos with natural daylight, even it&#39;s cloudy. It&#39;s a little difficult, specially because I&#39;m like Mr.Magoo without my glasses, but after many shots can get some useful pics...(and I&#39;m still hating the iPhone camera, it&#39;s like enhances the flaws in my skin &gt;_&lt; and that&#39;s really depressing).Evelyn Vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399937631248243885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-16736275353740104752016-08-16T16:47:26.353-04:002016-08-16T16:47:26.353-04:00I&#39;ve read it, actually, and it&#39;s a great p...I&#39;ve read it, actually, and it&#39;s a great post! I think her comments about being a cool yellow instead of a warm yellow are really insightful.Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-78096138180698164422016-08-16T16:26:27.458-04:002016-08-16T16:26:27.458-04:00I&#39;ll definitely keep an eye out for neutral sh...I&#39;ll definitely keep an eye out for neutral shades in the 11/13/17 range; I think part of the problem is that the labelling/name isn&#39;t always going to necessarily indicate what&#39;s actually in it.Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-63870564981624965132016-08-16T16:21:52.154-04:002016-08-16T16:21:52.154-04:00Hmm ... for what it&#39;s worth, I didn&#39;t find...Hmm ... for what it&#39;s worth, I didn&#39;t find #13 to be pink at all, it was definitely on the yellower side despite the name, so I&#39;m hoping that #11 will also lean yellow. I found that #17 was very, er, brown? Not orange or yellow, but brown, and it ended up giving me a very flattering tanned look, at least until you looked at my neck or hands. D:<br /><br />What was the goldilocks cushion for you, in the end? I&#39;ve actually used a whitecast physical sunscreen has the primer for the #17 in much the same way you described. I&#39;ve been considering looking for a green primer, wondering if that would help to cancel out the pink overload of most products without going too orange with a strong yellow?Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-85331028077419733912016-08-16T16:16:39.713-04:002016-08-16T16:16:39.713-04:00Apparently it&#39;s called the &quot;reverse eagle...Apparently it&#39;s called the &quot;reverse eagle&quot; haha! I think it&#39;s due to the skin on one&#39;s face being so much more delicate and vulnerable to sun damage, maybe? Also, thank you! &lt;3Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-8743982521229789392016-08-16T16:14:46.279-04:002016-08-16T16:14:46.279-04:00I think white mixers are a great idea, and if I wa...I think white mixers are a great idea, and if I was still using BB creams, I&#39;d definitely get one; I&#39;ve had my eye on the Illamasqua one. Unfortunately they&#39;re not really compatible with cushions, although I have used physical sunscreens as a brightening primer underneath the cushion, which kinda worked.Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-40913366083927233232016-08-16T16:12:43.093-04:002016-08-16T16:12:43.093-04:00Undertones are a pain for sure. My veins are very...Undertones are a pain for sure. My veins are very green, which makes me think I&#39;m yellow/warm undertoned, but then I get this whole yellow/orange/peach thing going on ... I just don&#39;t understand. OTLCat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-24576393890295673672016-08-16T16:09:59.397-04:002016-08-16T16:09:59.397-04:00There&#39;s always room for more cushion swatches ...There&#39;s always room for more cushion swatches :D I haven&#39;t experienced the cushion with flash, but if it happens I&#39;ll definitely leave you a new reply with the info. :)Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-90296204155031128922016-08-16T16:07:29.833-04:002016-08-16T16:07:29.833-04:00Lighting is definitely important, which is why I d...Lighting is definitely important, which is why I drag out a hand mirror and prop it up next to a window if I&#39;m going to a special event, but it&#39;s so inconvenient and I end up with products strewn all over my living room. :CCat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-48243733820759193272016-08-16T16:05:54.169-04:002016-08-16T16:05:54.169-04:00Aww, thanks! &lt;3Aww, thanks! &lt;3Cat Cactushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052704885218633917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-74351585885099733372016-08-16T01:15:07.966-04:002016-08-16T01:15:07.966-04:00Musicalhouses&#39; undertone blog post remains one...Musicalhouses&#39; undertone blog post remains one of my faves in determining undertones. Have you checked for olive markers? After going through the same things you mentioned, I figured out in neutral skewing olive, but also really pale. You may be olive, skewing neutral, and also pale!Christina Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15943653609199836203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-44329460938457562132016-08-15T20:03:41.684-04:002016-08-15T20:03:41.684-04:00If neither cool nor warm shades feel like the righ...If neither cool nor warm shades feel like the right matches, you might be a neutral! Most brands should carry neutral shades, although you might have to do some research to figure out which ones (I know some brands will do things like if the number of the color ends in a 0 or 5 or whatever that will indicate the undertone). April Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902093336405916446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-41375889897300806092016-08-15T19:35:55.990-04:002016-08-15T19:35:55.990-04:00I&#39;ve had the same problems with how a cushion ...I&#39;ve had the same problems with how a cushion looks in the bathroom mirror vs. in natural light. Sometimes I just console myself that I will be inside most of the day anyway so it&#39;ll probably be alright, ha. My skin is about your shade, and I too am a cool undertones person (no orange lipstick for me!) who finds warm undertones, yellow, or neutral-to-yellow base makeup looks best, because cool/pink toned stuff just amplifies the redness on my face. (Your &quot;ravaged by the horrors of the bubble mask&quot; skin...looks like mine on its best day, alas, but my Sad Rosacea Feels are neither here or there) The catch is that if the shade is too dark it ends up looking orange, so a good undertone but too-dark cushion shade can look like an undertone mismatch. <br /><br />I was excited when I read that there&#39;s a shade 11 now, but the fact that it&#39;s a pink-toned one makes me think it might not work for me. I&#39;ve used Iope N13, and it wasn&#39;t too dark (unlike most prestige brands&#39; #13 shades) but it was too pink; I wonder how Sulwhasoo #11 will compare. What worked for me with Sulwhasoo was to use a light yellow color correcting cc primer and then #17 over it: the slightly-too-light of the primer combined with the slightly-too-dark of the cushion to result in pretty-good-actually. What worked *best* was a different cushion altogether that was the correct shade, but it took testing well over a dozen cushions to find it. Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574613265955035061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-17396391697704624982016-08-15T13:59:10.157-04:002016-08-15T13:59:10.157-04:00I LOVE this post. I&#39;m so relieved to hear ther...I LOVE this post. I&#39;m so relieved to hear there&#39;s someone else out there whose face is darker than her neck. Every beauty professional I talk to about this problem looks at me like I&#39;m a freak, since apparently the more common problem is a whiter face than neck. Also, it never occurred to me that my cushion may be oxidizing, and that&#39;s why I look perfect in my bathroom (albeit, the lighting is just too good in my bathroom — it&#39;s like a freakin&#39; Amaro filter) and orange/pink in my car mirror.<br /><br />I also have issues with undertone — for the life of me, I can&#39;t figure mine out. My mom actually has a sort of pinkish undertone, so I think I&#39;m more of a neutral undertone. Of course, all my Asian hyperpigmentation sort of throws everything off.<br /><br />Thanks for the awesome post and congratulations on 10,000 Insta followers! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658290239301086454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-27573153527405895542016-08-15T10:20:22.879-04:002016-08-15T10:20:22.879-04:00Regarding undertones, I have the same problem of e...Regarding undertones, I have the same problem of everything pulling too peach or pink, although cool tones look better. MAC NW10 is a decent match for me, as is Missha 13, but I haven&#39;t found a good formula match in my shade. So I finally gave in and ordered MAC Face and Body in white and N1. I was going to return it if I didn&#39;t absolutely love it, and I do love it. It never even dreams of emphasizing any dryness, it doesn&#39;t break me out, and mixing the white with everything else I have is very enlightening. I can wear pretty much all of it with white mixed in. I think the issue for us is just too much pigment in base products.Forrest Aubelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455380109833892089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-45545370317116732352016-08-15T09:58:34.794-04:002016-08-15T09:58:34.794-04:00Ahhh man don&#39;t get me started on the whole und...Ahhh man don&#39;t get me started on the whole undertones thing! It&#39;s so difficult. The thing that finally helped me decide I had cool undertones was looking at my veins on my inner wrist. If they are blue then you are cool, if they are green you are warm. <br />The problem is that it still doesn&#39;t help as some people/brands say if you are cool toned you should wear a warm foundation to &#39;colour correct&#39; your skin and vice versa. Personally I always find that looks a bit unnatural and prefer to wear a shade that&#39;s an exact match and warm my skin tone up with blush.<br />Then there is the whole gauntlet of buying online and struggling to tell what undertones the foundation has from a swatch and trying to decide if the brand says it is for cool skin do they mean it has a cool tone to match your skin or a warm tone to cancel out your cool tone. Aggghhhh.<br />I currently have about 20 different foundations of which only about 5 are actually a good skin match!<br />Maybe I need to just stop buying foundations from korea! 😉Abby Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035019939044222967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541982013000251431.post-85307070462680211222016-08-15T04:39:45.667-04:002016-08-15T04:39:45.667-04:00This is a nice review, I like seeing cushion revie...This is a nice review, I like seeing cushion reviews/swatches because like you said - there aren&#39;t that many available! Us Kbeauty bloggers have a lot of catching up to do :D<br /><br />How does the cushion do with a flash? I&#39;ve had some experiences where the cushion does give a bit of a white cast when photographed with a flash.Catherina F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16671246631268725338noreply@blogger.com